| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1The LORD spoke to Moses, | 1And the LORD said to Moses, |
| 2"Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people." | 2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” |
| 3So Moses spoke to the people, "Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the LORD's vengeance on them. | 3So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them. |
| 4Send one thousand men to war from each Israelite tribe." | 4Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.” |
| 5So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel--twelve thousand equipped for war. | 5So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war. |
| 6Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets. | 6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. |
| 7They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male. | 7Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. |
| 8Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings--Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. | 8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. |
| 9The Israelites took the Midianite women and their dependents captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property. | 9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. |
| 10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments, | 10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, |
| 11and took away all the spoils of war and the captives, both people and animals. | 11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals. |
| 12They brought the prisoners, animals, and spoils of war to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the Israelite community at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. | 12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. |
| 13Moses, the priest Eleazar, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. | 13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. |
| 14But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign. | 14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle. |
| 15"Have you let every female live?" he asked them. | 15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. |
| 16"Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam's advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD's community. | 16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD. |
| 17So now, kill every male among the dependents and kill every woman who has gone to bed with a man, | 17So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, |
| 18but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man. | 18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. |
| 19"You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day. | 19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives. |
| 20Also purify everything: garments, leather goods, things made of goat hair, and every article of wood." | 20And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.” |
| 21Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, "This is the legal statute the LORD commanded Moses: | 21Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: |
| 22The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead-- | 22Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— |
| 23everything that can withstand fire--you are to pass through fire, and it will be clean. It must still be purified with the purification water. Anything that cannot withstand fire, pass through the water. | 23everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water. |
| 24On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp." | 24On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.” |
| 25The LORD told Moses, | 25The LORD said to Moses, |
| 26"You, the priest Eleazar, and the family heads of the community are to take a count of what was captured, people and animals. | 26“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast. |
| 27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community. | 27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation. |
| 28Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the fighting men who went out to war: one out of every five hundred people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. | 28Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. |
| 29Take the tribute from their half and give it to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the LORD. | 29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD. |
| 30From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle." | 30From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.” |
| 31So Moses and the priest Eleazar did as the LORD commanded Moses. | 31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses, |
| 32The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled: 675,000 sheep and goats, | 32and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep, |
| 3372,000 cattle, | 3372,000 cattle, |
| 3461,000 donkeys, | 3461,000 donkeys, |
| 35and 32,000 people, all the females who had not gone to bed with a man. | 35and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man. |
| 36The half portion for those who went out to war numbered: 337,500 sheep and goats, | 36This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep, |
| 37and the tribute to the LORD was 675 from the sheep and goats; | 37including a tribute to the LORD of 675, |
| 38from the 36,000 cattle, the tribute to the LORD was 72; | 3836,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72, |
| 39from the 30,500 donkeys, the tribute to the LORD was 61; | 3930,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61, |
| 40and from the 16,000 people, the tribute to the LORD was 32 people. | 40and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32. |
| 41Moses gave the tribute to the priest Eleazar as a contribution for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 41Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 42From the Israelites' half, which Moses separated from the men who fought, | 42From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war, |
| 43the community's half was: 337,500 sheep and goats, | 43this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep, |
| 4436,000 cattle, | 4436,000 cattle, |
| 4530,500 donkeys, | 4530,500 donkeys, |
| 46and 16,000 people. | 46and 16,000 people. |
| 47Moses took one out of every fifty, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites' half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle, as the LORD had commanded him. | 47From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 48The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses | 48Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses |
| 49and told him, "Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing. | 49and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing. |
| 50So we have presented to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man found--armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces--to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." | 50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.” |
| 51Moses and the priest Eleazar received from them all the articles made out of gold. | 51So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold. |
| 52All the gold of the contribution they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds. | 52All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels. |
| 53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself. | 53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself. |
| 54Moses and the priest Eleazar received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD. | 54And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD. |
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